SPOUTING GABLES. BILLIARDS. GRAY STflJKING FORM. LONDON, Tuesday Midnight. I At the end of to-night's piny New man (roc. 4(jOOJ had scored 6333, in cluding a brca't of 413 ; Gray's score was 2003, including a break of 23ft, of which 282 were Ecorcd off the rad, and another break of 240, all oil the red.

MOVEMENTS IN SHARES. GREAT RISE IN BARRIER STOCK,, (Wire Prom Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Wednes.lav. New , La net Loutin shares dccuticd 2/4 por share owing-' to the fenr of water scarcity and rumours that Lhc wash was poor when tested, hut the legal manager declares that the wash lias not yet been tested. Barrier Silver shares wore worth £250,000 more to-day than they wevo yesterday. The improvement i,.nar. nted from London owing to a aim in the silver market.

COUNTRY ROADS BOARD. INSPECTION OF WIOHTF.HN SIirRES. (Wire From Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE. Wednesday. I The Country Roads Board, after ( inspecting the roads lictwuen Gee- j long and Warrnamhool, reporLs that t''e nrain roads leading to, and in' the \ir.in.:ty of, Warrnamhool show a! decided falling ofl, but in ths Mort- | lake and Hampden shires, the north-! ern part of tin shire of Colac, and i in the Winrhslsea and Leigh shire councils little expenditure on the | roads would Ije rerjuircd.In the, southern port.'ons of tha, Wlnchclsea, | Colac, and Huyteslwry .sllircu large expenditure whs nrctssary. The board act; out the principal developmental roads leading to railway stations in tilt so districts, but states that many mors comparatively short roads will be re.iuiivd there. I

DEPUTATIONS FROMWARRNAMBOOL; FAVOURABLE HKAUINGS BV t MINISTERS. (Wire From Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Warrnambool has spent, a tolivl 11 £1000 on Jubilee Park, which was purchased as a memorial to the late Queen Victoria. Toj(lnv Mr. Muiray, Chief Secretary, headed a dcpiiLt,loo from, the town and ishirr. councils, which as^od Mr. I/awson, Minister or I^amls, for a ernnt of .f'lOft, to lie i Kivcn on condition that the co:nci'.s cnch contritmtc C50. The monoj, It was said, was urgently needed lor sanitary improvements in the park. Mr. l.nwson s;uid there seemed to tic special circumstances, which would j lie duly considered when the alloca tion of the grant was made. Warrnambool also made its voice j heard to-day 1 cforc Sir Alexander peacock, Minister of Education. Mr. ' Murray, Chief Secretary, introduced representatives of the town and shire councils 'and of the technical education interests, and a discussion took place as to the erection of the Agricultural High ...

LIGHTNIN3 AND FIRES. (From Our Own Corn>BDondeiit..» I BALMORAL, Tuesday. nunng aurulay afternoon o fire ■was noticed in a tree in Mr. John Klliott's foddock at Tclangatuk West, by Messrs. Henry Elliot and Henry Robertson. One went tor as sistance w hile the other watched the fire Assistance was quickly to hand and with the aid of water, which had to be .cart'd to the scene, the fire was sooii got out altogether. It was 'dipcovered that the cause of the outbreak was lightning. During Sat urday afternoon a very heavy thun derstorm passed over that part of the district. The tree luid been struck up anion™ the branches whence tli'j lightning ran down to the butt. In this particular area there are several trees which have been struck by lightning. " Had it not been for ' the damp state of the grass, the tire migh'. have been serious. Dining a storm on Sunday after noon a grass tire was caused by the lightning carrying along a wire fence on Congbool and Engleticld lioundnry. By the ti...

MELBOURNE CATTLE MARKET. (Wire From Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE; Wednesday. ' There was a yarding of 3575 fat cattle to-day, comprio ng 600 from New South Wales, 1350 fiom tlie North-Eastern district, f&amp;lt;00 from tha Western district, 500 from Gipps lnnd, 400 from South Gippslnnd, and luO from tho Northern dis trict. Bullocks—yarded in this' division. Prime quality was mode rately represented, althoueh a full proportion was well suited to trade requir n:c ;te. Cows—1320 .yarded, the bulk of which consisted of sec ond and useful grad.-s, with occa sional pens of prime. Although competition of exporters was in evi dence throughout, vat the demand was not evenly sustained. nest de •scriptijns, howe\er, in some instan ces rul jd a Bhade firmer, while the general tone of the market, with sight fuc'.i.iut'ons. was practically unaltered. Quotations—Prime pens of bullocks {'10/10/ to £11, cytra £12/10/ to £13/7/0, good .Gil to £10, Rood lie lit handy weights £8 1o .C8'l-i/, secon...

AUSTRALIAN FLjp IN GERMANY, BERLIN, Wednesday. The Australian nag was hoisted over the Canim6rtwealth trade corri mifsiondr's ofHce on the occasion of tho KaiSfcr's 'birthdiiy. This • is the first time the 'Aiistt-alian flop has he m displayed in Germany.

FIGHTING IN THE STREET3. ■ PORT A'U PRINCE, Wednesday. After President Oresto had taken refuee aboard the ' German pumboat, fighting be&amp;lt;an in the streets, the re volutionary element apparently wreakitv- venrcanco on the town be cause they were unable to capture Presldentjjreste.